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Marks H. Lazarus, of
Charleston, a veteran of the Washington light artillery, was born at
Charleston in 1847.
During his boyhood he witnessed the exciting scenes in
Charleston harbor, the mustering of troops for service at home and in distant fields, and in 1863 shared the emotions of the citizens of a city closely threatened by a formidable fleet, and the closely-pushed batteries of the enemy.
In December, 1863, being then about sixteen years of age, he at last found admission to the ranks of the heroic city's defenders, as a private in the Washington light artillery.
With this command he took part in several engagements on John's island, and after the evacuation marched with the army into
North Carolina, finally being paroled under the capitulation of
Gen. J. E. Johnston.
When the war came to an end he returned to his native city and found employment as a clerk in a hardware store, a business in which he has met with pronounced success, since 1878 conducting one of the leading stores of the city.
He still maintains his comradeship as a member of the
Washington Light Artillery camp, U. C. V. Two brothers of
Mr. Lazarus also were soldiers of the
Confederacy:
B. D. Lazarus, in the
State service in the winter of 1860-61, subsequently a member of the Boykin rangers throughout the war; and
S. D. Lazarus, who served as a private in the Washington light artillery from 1862 to 1865, and died in 1895.
Brewerton Munroe Lebby, M. D., of
Charleston, one of the leading physicians of the city, was born on
James island,
Charleston harbor, in 1833, son of
Robert Lebby, M. D., who served as a surgeon in the
Confederate States army, was in charge of a hospital at
Charleston throughout the war, and died in 1890.
Being educated in the profession of his father, with graduation in medicine at
Charleston in 1860, he chose the city of
Memphis, Tenn., as the scene of his practice, but the events of that period soon led him into other activities.
He enlisted as a private in Company C, First Tennessee regiment, in April, 1861, and served with that command for several months, in November taking part in the famous fight at
Belmont, on the
Mississippi river.
He was then transferred to the medical department of the
Confederate States army, and assigned to hospital duty at
Manassas Junction, Va., and in June, 1862, was detailed to organize a hospital at
Gordonsville,
